Original Sanskrit

कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः । तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया ॥ ७-२०॥

Transliteration

kāmaistaistairhṛtajñānāḥ prapadyante’nyadevatāḥ taṃ taṃ niyamamāsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā 7-20

English Translation

Those whose wisdom has been looted away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite, led by their own nature.

Word-by-Word Meaning

kāmaiḥ = by desires; taistaiḥ = various; hṛta = deprived of; jñānāḥ = knowledge; prapadyante = surrender; anya = to other; devatāḥ = demigods; taṃ taṃ = corresponding; niyamaṃ = regulations; āsthāya = following; prakṛtyā = by nature; niyatāḥ = controlled; svayā = by their own.;

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Summary

The Yoga of Knowledge and Realization

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